A. D. 



1799, 



469^ 



all .odd fums, not exceeding £5, in cafli (i. e. in gold and filver) ; and 

 th:it all notes of one or two pounds, dated before July ijg^, fhould be 

 p;iid in cafh, or exchanged for new notes, in the option of the holders. 

 Juft before this time their fmall notes had been forged. 



February 1 3"" — Minorca being now fubjecft to Great Britain, the king, 

 in council, licenced all his fubjeds to trade with that ifland, conforming 

 to the duties, rules, &c. prelcribed by law. 



March i" Mr. Irving, the infpedor-general of the imports and ex- 

 ports of Great Britain, by order of the houfe of commons, made up 

 the following 



Account of the quantities of the principal articles in the nature of raw 

 materials, imported, and ufed in the manufaSitires of Great Britain for twelve 

 years preceding the 5'* of January 1799. 



1788 

 1789 

 1790 

 1791 

 1792 

 1793 

 179-1 

 1795 

 1796 

 1797 

 179^ 

 1799 



1783 

 1789 



1790 



1791 

 1792 

 1793 

 1794 



1795 

 179'J 

 1797 

 1798 

 1799 



Linen yarn, 



lb. 



9,360,085 



9,436,123 



9,414,384 



10,273,768 



10,258,877 



9,523,227 



9,161,935 



7,636,890 



8,678,077 



7,91-4,545 



7,286,815 



9,228,354 



Hemp, 

 cwt. 

 369,097 

 550,010 

 453,631 

 564,933 

 352,032 

 590,659 

 546,822 

 575,489 

 568,656 

 613,373 

 482,571 

 626,701 



Ox 



or cow hides, 

 number. 



83,312 

 100,359 

 140,764 

 185,854 

 231,617 

 245,200 

 151,549 

 107,010 



92,647 

 110,346 

 116,154 

 165,785 



Bar iron, 

 tuns. 

 42,453 

 48,095 

 45,629 

 34,748 

 50,280 

 48,509 

 54,38y 

 37.047 

 45,193 

 45,572 

 30,537 

 47,167 



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